SONG OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

The hybrid documentary Song of Sleepless Nights gives voice to teenage boys as they share personal stories about friendship, love, and bullying. Growing up between the real world and constant online presence, they reveal their fears, hopes, and need to belong. Through honest and emotional reflections, the film captures what it means to be a boy searching for identity in today’s connected world.

Genre: Documentary, Hybrid
Stage: Post-production
Contact: marianne@alexandrafilm.ee

Representatives

MADLI LÄÄNE

Director

Madli Lääne is an Estonian film director, editor, and lecturer. She earned her MFA in Film and Media Production from the University of Texas at Austin in 2017. Her short film Jungle Law was named Short Film of the Year by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia in 2025, and Dear Passengers won Best Short Film at the Estonian Film and Television Awards (EFTA) in 2023. Filmography: YES! (2024), Jungle Law (2024), Dear Passengers (2022), Three August Days (2018).

MARIANNE OSTRAT

Producer

Marianne Ostrat is an Estonian film producer and founder of Alexandra Film and Fork Film Animation Studio. Active in documentary, fiction, and animation, her earlier films have screened at festivals such as Venice, Karlovy Vary, Annecy, and SXSW. Her most recent feature, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (2023) by Anna Hints, won the Directing Award at Sundance, European Documentary 2023, and earned Ostrat a PGA Award nomination. The stop-motion short On Weary Wings Go By by Anu-Laura Tuttelberg premiered at Locarno IFF in 2024 and has since screened at over 80 festivals, winning 15 awards. Song of Sleepless Nights is her second collaboration with director Madli Lääne after the Alice nella città winner Jungle Law (2024).